Hyena Project 🐾

We study the behavior + ecology of the Ngorongoro spotted hyenas. Since 1996.
#HyenaFacts #HyenaOfTheDay #FemaleOrMale
Tweets by Drs Eve Davidian & Oliver Höner

[Hyena Project 🐾 @HyenaProject]

Whoop Whoop‼️We’ve got exclusive #HyenaFacts out at #BiologyLetters:

Twin brothers often stick together after puberty & settle in the same clan to breed!

We followed 148 ♂️♂️ pairs in #Ngorongoro to understand why👉https://t.co/jerFVG4R3e
#hyena #hyène #Hyäne #ハイエナ
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[Stephanie L King @stephanielking.bsky.social @_StephanieLKing]

Job Alert 📢 3yr @LeverhulmeTrust funded postdoc on the Evolution of Animal Play 🐬🐒🐘 inc. fieldwork with the Shark Bay dolphins. Field experience with wild animals + quantitative skills essential. Come join our collaborative team! Pls share widely 🙏
https://t.co/mTfYUNBm3k

[Wildlife Photographer of the Year @NHM_WPY]

“This is one of my favourite moments in the wild.

A perfectly timed shake of the hyena’s soaked fur and the sunlight gave this often-misunderstood creature a glowing halo.”

This week's Instagram guest is #WPY59 young photographer Shashwat Harish: https://t.co/kZPr8o0eHf

[Hyena Project 🐾 @HyenaProject]

The Ngorongoro #hyenas once more starring in a fantastic documentary! 🎥

Sir David Attenborough's Mammals - Discover how remarkable wildlife stories were captured on camera https://t.co/1pN560hqk3

[Hyena Project 🐾 @HyenaProject]

@Samellisq @Nature Congrats Sam!

[Sam Ellis @Samellisq]

Very pleased to see our paper taking a comparative approach to understand the evolution of menopause in toothed whales published today in @Nature . Couple of slides below talking through the key results but all the details here: https://t.co/L6Ri8DUWNE

[Tsaobis Baboon Project @TsaobisBaboonP]

In our first #MeetTheTeam we are introducing Axelle Delaunay. Axelle did her PhD at the TBP and the @MandrillusP co-supervised by Elise Huchard & Marie Charpentier studying the ecology and evolution of sibling rivalry in baboons and mandrills.
📷 (Axelle at @MandrillusP )

[Tsaobis Baboon Project @TsaobisBaboonP]

We celebrate our return by announcing 5 local field assistant positions to contribute to our research on wild chacma baboons🥾🐒 Apply to gain experience in animal behaviour and ecology data collection. On site costs & monthly allowance covered. Deadline 20 Mar 10am!⏰

[National Geographic TV @NatGeoTV]

All hail the queens of the wilderness. Queens, narrated by @ImAngelaBassett, premieres March 4 on National Geographic.

[Hyena Project 🐾 @HyenaProject]

Awesome footage. 🎥
Fantastic animals.
Great film and production team. 🥳Watch the #Ngorongoro #hyenas in *QUEENS*.
Start tonight. ⁦
@NatGeo⁩ ⁦@DisneyPlus⁩ ⁦@hulu⁩ https://t.co/CBvraSDfWT

[Hyena Project 🐾 @HyenaProject]

Awesome footage. Fantastic animals. Great film and production team. Watch the #Ngorongoro #hyenas in *QUEENS*. Start tonight.

Official Trailer | National Geographic https://t.co/J1MIGKnV8j via @YouTube

[Josh Firth @JoshAFirth]

The ecology of ageing in wild societies: linking age structure & social behaviour https://t.co/EpKfGyww97
Led by brill @Joe_Woodman1999.
Great to have this out after years in-the-works!

All welcome to our upcoming @royalsociety conf on this topic too:
https://t.co/4Unm6lnfSS

[Ecological Dynamics @EcoDynIZW]

You are an early career researcher #ECR who works in the field of #populationEcology and are interested in quantifying population stability?
We offer a free workshop on demographic resilience and we will introduce our new R-package to assess time-varying demographic resilience.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Seals sleep underwate for about 10 minutes at a time during deep, 30-minute dives.

Sometimes they hold kelp to avoid drifting away.

[📹 michaelboyyd]

[Lauren Brent @ljnbrent]

PhD studentship opportunity with @AndyDHigginson, me & @C_C_Ioannou. Work on social networks, game theory, and the evolution of relationships using theoretical models, field and lab-based animals. APPLY BY Jan 9th 2024. Info here:
https://t.co/vPmHMDBZgH

[Lauren Brent @ljnbrent]

Postdoc position on a newly funded social and environmental aging project with me, co-mentored by @nyuprimatology and @SMack_Lab. APPLY by Nov 26th. Details from @UoE_Jobs here: https://t.co/2WBklNlzUo
More info here: https://t.co/xcCLsJHat4

[Lauren Brent @ljnbrent]

Currently recruiting a new Postdoc and a PhD student to work in @CRABexeter on social networks – posts on the two opportunities in the 🧵

[WildCRU, Oxford @WildCRU_Ox]

New paper led by WildCRU’s Charlotte Searle reveals important insight into spotted #hyaena population densities, interaction with other carnivores & human impacts. The valuable contribution of students in camera trap data analysis is also highlighted.
See https://t.co/Wx5594V9W5

[Arjun Dheer @ArjDheer]

Excited to share the third (and final) manuscript from my PhD, now out as a preprint!

We used fecal DNA #metabarcoding to assess the diet of #spottedhyenas and to answer some important wildlife management questions 🍪🦏🐄🧬

https://t.co/tUMUMdrAoF

[Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈 @ScrapNaturalist]

My 4th PhD chapter is in review & I decided to take the journal up on their offer to post a preprint for me. Here's our social-ecological assessment of spotted hyena movement in a developing landscape (including tolerance by people in our movement models):
https://t.co/noBEfW3ydv

[Lauren Brent @ljnbrent]

Postdoc Job (pre)Alert! I'll be hiring a postdoc @CrabExeter to work on social networks, status, hurricanes & their relationship to age, aging, and survival. Starts as early as Jan '24. Ad and application link posted soon. In collab w/ @nyuprimatology @SMack_Lab @CayoSantiagoPR